During this week a series of events takes place on certain university campuses around the country under the rubric of “Israel Apartheid Week.” The goal is to promote a campaign of boycott, disinvestment and sanctions against Israel by delegitimising it just as apartheid South Africa was once delegitimised.
The bankruptcy of this campaign is easily exposed by consulting the Freedom House tables which rate political rights and civil liberties around the world and in which Israel is in the top segment. But it is not this fraud that I wish to write about.
Julien Fiévez: With the moratorium on fracking in the Karoo lifted some days ago, questions loom over the environmental responsibility of the South African government.
Of course, it is no secret that the processes involved in fracking cause irreparable damage to the landscape and this decision will potentially lead to the destruction of the Karoo ecosystem.
